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Living Crafts, Historic Tools
Michael Emery
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Description for Living Crafts, Historic Tools
Paperback. The Craftspeople and Collections of the Landis Valley Museum. Num Pages: 160 pages, 592 images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; WFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 812.
What we celebrate today as “crafts” were once the means of everyday manufacture. The craftsman's product was not quaint, archaic, or merely decorative—it was essential. The tools that created these necessities speak to the early American spirit of ingenuity. Simple but resourceful, each tool was a beautiful, clever marriage of form and function, endowed with a life of its own, uniquely forged and perfectly suited for its purpose. The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, the leading public attraction devoted to Pennsylvania German ("Pennsylvania Dutch") culture, works to preserve and carry the art of handcrafts into the modern age by ... Read more
What we celebrate today as “crafts” were once the means of everyday manufacture. The craftsman's product was not quaint, archaic, or merely decorative—it was essential. The tools that created these necessities speak to the early American spirit of ingenuity. Simple but resourceful, each tool was a beautiful, clever marriage of form and function, endowed with a life of its own, uniquely forged and perfectly suited for its purpose. The Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, the leading public attraction devoted to Pennsylvania German ("Pennsylvania Dutch") culture, works to preserve and carry the art of handcrafts into the modern age by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764342974
SKU
V9780764342974
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About Michael Emery
Michael Emery is a Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum Educator and Volunteer Coordinator. An expert on the Pennsylvania Germans, he has an avid interest in books, paper, and photographic memorabilia. Irwin Richman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of The Pennsylvania State University, and a Research Associate with the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum. He is a widely known lecturer ... Read more
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